“Dustin Poirier and I are both from Lafayette, Louisiana. Conor called Dustin a hillbilly. I said, 'But if Dustin is a hillbilly, then I'm from the same place as him. What does that make me?' He said, 'You're a ghetto hillbilly.' I wanted to slap him”

– via Paramount UFC’s YouTube channel, recalling a particularly personal moment of trash talk from Conor McGregor.

“Justin Gaethje is my friend. I'm going to tell him, don't do that with Ilia Topuria, man. You can't do that with him. He hits so hard.”

– via the NightCap podcast (and Daniel Cormier TV), issuing a stark warning to the interim champion about the danger of trading shots with Ilia Topuria.

“Lord knows what's going on with Movsar Evloev. There's one guy getting done worse than freaking Arman Tsarukyan; it is Movsar Evloev. He hasn't even gotten any type of traction towards a championship fight”

– via Daniel Cormier TV, venting his frustration over the undefeated featherweight being passed over for a title shot

“You guys are better fighters. The smaller guys are better all around. If you had all of your skill and I took the best heavyweight with all his skill and put you both at 180 pounds, you’d wipe him out”

– via his YouTube channel, offering high praise to Alexander Volkanovski and the lower weight classes following the champion's historic performance at UFC 325.

“It was almost like he understood the assignment. We are on Paramount, this is a new platform. There're gonna be new fans, we need to introduce them to what the UFC is”

– via his YouTube channel, praising Justin Gaethje for delivering a "perfect" performance in the promotion's historic debut on Paramount+

“Jones and I argued about fighting each other in a boxing match, which I agreed to do. And the one that caught fire the most was the wrestling thing... Regardless of the respect for the fighting ability, there’s a desire to compete against each other in something... Do something to make us be on the opposite side of the line, to where Jon and I compete our fight.”

– via Daniel Cormier TV and Red Corner MMA, revealing that his private discussions with Jon Jones while filming ALF Reality in Thailand have evolved from verbal sparring into legitimate talks about a cross—sport competition.

“Being around Jon Jones is different because we had such a bad history. But, the reality is, I'm done fighting now. That part of it's gone, so it's not nearly as nasty... Obviously, we argue a lot, but that's just the status of our relationship. But I think that we've gotten to a point in our lives where we can be in the same area without trying to fight each other”

– via Red Corner MMA reflecting on the surprising thawing of his decade—long feud with Jon Jones

“Cain Velasquez's parole date was moved to February of next year. Let's pray that the champ gets to come home and start his life anew after everything he's been through.”

– via his YouTube channel, sharing a major update on his longtime friend and teammate.

“That's kinda crazy. It's demetrious johnson... Take that back, man. It's demetrious johnson.”

– via his YouTube channel, strongly disagreeing with Joshua Van and arguing that Demetrious Johnson remains the flyweight GOAT.

“If I put Alex Pereira against Jon Jones, Pereira is the underdog... Against Tom Aspinall, Pereira is the underdog. Ciryl Gane? Pereira might be the underdog. But does it bring the same type of recognition or the same type of value to a victory as fighting Jon Jones? Pereira matches up also better against Tom Aspinall and against Ciryl Gane, and all these other guys than he does Jon Jones”

“What he did against Magomed Ankalaev is so impressive because of how good Ankalaev is. There are so many cliches like, 'The younger guy wins the rematch, as you get older, you're not as good.' Especially when you're fighting a guy who became the champion, who is supposed to be better in the rematch, especially if he's younger. Pereira doesn't pay any attention to that type of stuff. He's just a special type of talent, a special type of guy”

– reacted to Ankalaev's loss at UFC 320.

“You've got to let him fight”

“We are watching great champions, from a long time past, and from a long history of great champions do out there in a way that's no great for them, and I don't love the visuals. They say all great champions go out on their back, but they don't need to do out like that... Alternatives. You don't have to fight forever. We have our time, and then the time passes. They always say Father Time is undefeated. That's never been proved more true than with what we're seeing lately.”